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The Zurich Chess Challenge took place Friday 12th to Monday 15 February 2016. The main feature of this year's event was the organisers proposal of the time control of 40 minutes per game with additional 10 seconds for each move as sufficient for classical chess. Scores from a blitz tournament on the final day will also count to the standings (there is also a blitz event on day 1 to establish the draw). Players: Kramnik, Nakamura, Anand, Shirov, Aronian and Giri. In addition there was a two game match between Gelfand and Morozevich.

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5th Zurich CC 2016 Zurich SUI (SUI), 12-15 ii 2016					cat. XXI (2774)
					1	2	3	4	5	6
1.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2787	*	½	½	1	1	½	3½	2920
2.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2784	½	*	½	1	½	1	3½	2921
3.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2801	½	½	*	½	½	1	3	2841
4.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2792	0	0	½	*	1	½	2	2698
5.	Shirov, Alexei	g	LAT	2684	0	½	½	0	*	½	1½	2643
6.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2798	½	0	0	½	½	*	1½	2620

Round 1 (February 13, 2016)
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Giri, Anish	½-½	47	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Anand, Viswanathan	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	19	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Shirov, Alexei	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	38	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 2 (February 13, 2016)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	49	A07	Barcza System
Shirov, Alexei	- Nakamura, Hikaru	0-1	38	C02	French Advance
Giri, Anish	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	45	C50	Giuoco Piano
Round 3 (February 14, 2016)
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	72	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Anand, Viswanathan	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	52	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Aronian, Levon	- Giri, Anish	½-½	37	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Round 4 (February 14, 2016)
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	30	A08	Barcza System
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Giri, Anish	1-0	46	A07	Barcza System
Shirov, Alexei	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	38	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 5 (February 15, 2016)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	32	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Aronian, Levon	- Nakamura, Hikaru	0-1	39	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Giri, Anish	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	31	A07	Barcza System

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5th Zurich CC Blitz Zurich SUI (SUI), 12-15 ii 2016					cat. XXI (2774)
					1	2	3	4	5	6
1.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2787	*	½	½	1	1	½	3½	2920
2.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2801	½	*	½	½	1	1	3½	2918
3.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2784	½	½	*	½	1	1	3½	2921
4.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2798	0	½	½	*	½	1	2½	2769
5.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2792	0	0	0	½	*	1	1½	2621
6.	Shirov, Alexei	g	LAT	2684	½	0	0	0	0	*	½	2426

Round 1 (February 15, 2016)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	31	A07	Barcza System
Giri, Anish	- Nakamura, Hikaru	0-1	43	A07	Barcza System
Aronian, Levon	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	35	A22	English Opening
Round 2 (February 15, 2016)
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	55	A01	Larsen Opening
Anand, Viswanathan	- Giri, Anish	½-½	43	B91	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3
Aronian, Levon	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	43	A14	Reti Opening
Round 3 (February 15, 2016)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	25	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Giri, Anish	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	69	E06	Catalan
Shirov, Alexei	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	27	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Round 4 (February 15, 2016)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	36	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Giri, Anish	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	67	E06	Catalan
Aronian, Levon	- Shirov, Alexei	1-0	32	A13	Reti Opening
Round 5 (February 15, 2016)
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	45	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	31	A07	Barcza System
Shirov, Alexei	- Giri, Anish	0-1	31	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation

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5th Zurich CC Match Zurich SUI Fri 12th Feb 2016 - Mon 15th Feb 2016 Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	Pts
1	Gelfand, Boris	GM	ISR	2735	=	1	1.5
2	Morozevich, Alexander	GM	RUS	2683	=	0	0.5
2 players

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5th Zurich Opening Blitz Zurich SUI (SUI), 12-15 ii 2016					cat. XXI (2774)
					1	2	3	4	5	6
1.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2787	*	0	½	1	1	1	3½	2920
2.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2784	1	*	½	½	0	1	3	2844
3.	Shirov, Alexei	g	LAT	2684	½	½	*	½	1	½	3	2864
4.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2801	0	½	½	*	1	½	2½	2769
5.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2792	0	1	0	0	*	1	2	2698
6.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2798	0	0	½	½	0	*	1	2529

Round 1 (February 12, 2016)
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	27	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Shirov, Alexei	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	29	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Giri, Anish	½-½	35	A48	King's Indian Defence /c2-c4
Round 2 (February 12, 2016)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Nakamura, Hikaru	0-1	37	D03	Queen's Pawn Game
Aronian, Levon	- Shirov, Alexei	0-1	64	A11	Reti Opening
Giri, Anish	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	33	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 3 (February 12, 2016)
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Giri, Anish	1-0	38	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Anand, Viswanathan	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	36	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Shirov, Alexei	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	46	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 4 (February 12, 2016)
Nakamura, Hikaru	- Shirov, Alexei	½-½	61	B34	Sicilian Defence
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	54	D03	Queen's Pawn Game
Giri, Anish	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	72	D04	Queen's Pawn Game
Round 5 (February 12, 2016)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	36	B04	Alekhine's Defence
Shirov, Alexei	- Giri, Anish	½-½	59	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Aronian, Levon	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	33	A14	Reti Opening

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Gelfand-Skvortsov 2016 Zurich SUI Fri 12th Feb 2016 - Mon 15th Feb 2016 Leading Final Round 1 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	Pts
1	Gelfand, Boris	GM	ISR	2735	1	1
2	Skvortsov, Oleg				0	0
2 players

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